Date 20.12.

2021
Grade 8
Topic The Great Stone Face-1
To be completed by 23.20.2021

Writing Task - Please write the following in your Notebook

Working with Text
Q1: (i) What was the Great Stone Face?
Ans:The Great Stone Face was a work of nature. It was
formed on the side of a mountain by some huge rocks. They
had been thrown together in such a position so that, when
viewed from some distance, they resembled the face of a
human face. If the spectator approached too near, the outline
of the face would disappear into a heap of gigantic rocks. It
was the belief of many people that the valley owed much of
its fertility to the kind face of the Great Stone that was
continually looking over it.

(ii) What did young Ernest wish when he gazed at it?

Ans: Young Ernest gazed at the Great Stone Face. It smiled at
him. Ernest wished that it could speak because it looked very
kindly. He thought its voice must be pleasant. He would love
the man dearly whoever bore such face
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Q2. What was the story attributed to the Stone Face?
Ans:The story that was attributed to the Stone Face was that
at some future day, a child would be born near there, and he
would be destined to become the greatest and noblest person
of his time. His face, in manhood, would bear an exact
resemblance to the Great Stone Face.

Q3:What gave the people of the valley the idea that the
prophecy was about to come true for the first time?
Ans: There was a rumor in the valley that the great man, who
would look like the Great Stone Face, had appeared at last. a
young man named Gathergold had left the valley. He had
grown into a rich merchant by the time he became old. He
had decided to return to his native valley. He had the living
likeness of the Great Stone Face. It made the people of the
valley think that the prophecy was about to come true for the
first time.

Q4: (i) Did Ernest see in Gathergold the likeness of the

Stone Face?
Ans:No, Ernest did not see the likeness of the Great Stone
Face in Gathergold
(ii) Who did he confide in and how was he proved right?
Ans: Ernest confided in his own heart that the Gathergold
was not the right person he was waiting for. He was proved
right because Gathergold died after some time. He was then a
poor man. All the people, then, said that he had no likeness
with the stone face.
Q5: (i) What made people believe General Blood-and
Thunder was their man?
Ans:General Blood-and-Thunder rose to his present position
in defence from a soldier. He desired to return to his native
valley. The residents of the valley said that he bore the
likeness of the Great Stone Face. His childhood friends also
said that the General had always looked like the Great Stone
Face. It made people believe ‘General Blood-and-Thunder’
was their man
(ii) Ernest compared the man’s face with the Stone Face.
What did he conclude?
Ans: Ernest compared the face of Blood-and-thunder with the
Great Stone Face. He could not recognize any similarity
between them. His heart assured him that the General was not
the right person he was waiting for. So Ernest concluded that
the greatest and the noblest man of his time bearing the
resemblance to the Great Stone Face had yet to come.